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Olive the Manga Reader
@allofthemanga.bsky.social
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Manga geek of 15+ years. Former mobile game writer. Past bylines: ButWhyTho? and Anime Feminist (Some likes/rts may be NSFW) She/Her. Demi. 30.
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Been busy the last couple of weeks but here have been some of my #libraryhaul reads!

@square-enix-books.com @kodansha.us @yenpress.com @viz.com @darkhorse.com
Series pictured: Boyfriends; Morgana and Oz; The Guy She was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All; Ako and Bambi; I’m the Grim Reaper; Catch these Hands; Blood on the Tracks; My Happy Marriage; The Apothecary Diaries Series pictured: Wind Breaker; Black Butler; Friday at the Atelier; Gilt Frame; Pink Candy Kiss
June 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Another week, another library reads wrap up! Geez, the last TR omni is a bible. #mangahaul #libraryhaul

Pubs feat: @viz.com @yenpress.com @kodansha.us @abramskana.bsky.social @sevenseasentertainment.com @oni-press.bsky.social
Series pictured in stack of books: Call the Name of the Night; Tamon’s B-Side; Honey Lemon Soda; Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite; Sketchy; Wind Breaker; The Color of the End; [Oshi no Ko]; Eden of Witches; Tokyo Revengers; I’m the Grim Reaper; Covenant
May 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I’m a sucker for cinematic spreads in manga that previous smaller panels lead up to. These are two recent favorites. The first is from The Color of the End V1 by Haruo Iwamune ( @yenpress.com ), and the second from Sketchy V2 by Makihirochi ( @kodansha.us ). #mangarec
Two page spread in Color of the End Volume 1. It is an expansively detailed landscape that shows the character driving on a highway bridge, a small speck amidst collapsing skyscrapers overgrown with trees, and skeletal remnants of alien life forms. Everything is detailed in heavy shades of gray and black, with only the very top of the buildings using white where a bit of daylight can reach. A two page spread at the beginning of Sketchy Volume 2. The previous panels offered the effect of the woman skateboarding into a title sequence, where SKETCHY is written across then sky of a cityscape in bold. The two pages are a POV shot looking up at an angle at the back of the woman as she skates on a city street downtown surrounded by trees and lampposts.
May 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Library reads of the week! So excited I finally got to read Pet Shop of Horrors. #mangahaul #libraryhaul

Publishers pictured: @sevenseasentertainment.com @square-enix-books.com @kodansha.us @viz.com @yenpress.com @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
Series pictured: Wind Breaker; Don’t Call it Mystery; Pet Shop of Horrors; Tamon’s B-Side; Fall in Love, You False Angels; Call the Name of the Night; Tokyo Revengers; Banned Book Club; Last Game; The Apothecary Diaries
May 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Got chills reading these panels in BANNED BOOK CLUB by Kim Hyun Sook, Ko Hyung-Ju, and Ryan Estrada.

This book should be required reading. #comicrec

Published by @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
Two panels from “Banned Book Club” An up close of the protagonists face as she confronts a classmate, saying: “Funny how if you were reading his dystopian sci-fi novel with a minor subplot about fascists ruling Korea, you’d be TAKEN TO JAIL.” The text bubble spills over into the second panel, where the classmate looks as though she’s seen a ghost, her face in shadow and a bead of sweat dripping down her cheek. The speech bubble crams into her: “So you gotta wonder. Do they ban books because they see DANGER in their AUTHORS, or because they see THEMSELVES in their VILLAINS?”
May 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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The last couple weeks’ #libraryhaul #mangahaul reads. :)

Publishers feat: @sevenseasentertainment.com @square-enix-books.com @mangasplaining.bsky.social @kodansha.us @yenpress.com @viz.com
Series pictured: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou; The Summer Hikaru Died; Just Like Mona Lisa; My Dear Detective; The Apothecary Diaries; Rainbows After Storms; Blood on the Tracks; Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography!; A Sign of Affection; Tokyo Revengers
May 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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As a long time fan of manga, I really enjoyed @mangasplaining.bsky.social ‘s release of “Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography.” It was fun seeing which images I knew and which I didn’t. I think my favorite was learning how sounds of nature are used to show what time of day it is. #mangarec
A picture of the interior of GIGA TOWN: A Guide to Manga Iconography In this spread, two 4-Koma comics illustrate how the chirping of sparrows signifies morning in manga, and the image/sfx of cawing crows is for evening.
April 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I maaaayyyy have overcompensated on my #libraryhaul #mangahaul reads this week since I was so busy the last couple. 😂

Publishers pictured: @yenpress.com @kodansha.us @viz.com @square-enix-books.com @sevenseasentertainment.com @oni-press.bsky.social and One Peace Books
Stack of manga/comics by a window with the sun shining on it. Series pictured: Covenant; Glitch; Tokyo Revengers; The Summer Hikaru Died; Wind Breaker; Fall in Love, You False Angels; Is Love the Answer?; Friday at the Atelier; Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite; I Hear the Sunspot: Four Seasons; The Apothecary Diaries
April 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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The manga I read the last few weeks. Definitely fell behind because I got busy with doggo and work. However overall this #libraryhaul was some of the best I’ve read in a while. TR gave me chills. One More Step… might be my favorite one shot collection I’ve read in a long time. #mangarec
Manga series pictured: Apothecary Diaries; Oshi no Ko; Sketchy; Wind Breaker; Glitch; One More Step, Come Stand by My Side; Tokyo Revengers (V21-22); Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl
April 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Watson specializes in destroying “to do list plans.”
A black and white scruffy terrier laying belly-up and smiling at the camera. A black and white terrier sitting in a car staring out the window as the sun hits him.
April 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Watson agreed to help me showcase my recent library manga reads in between bouts of chaos. #mangahaul #libraryhaul

Publishers featured; @yenpress.com @sevenseasentertainment.com @kodansha.us @square-enix-books.com @viz.com @udonentertainment.bsky.social
A black and white scruffy terrier laying next to a pile of manga from the library. Titles pictured: Blood Night Market; Apothecary Diaries; Blood on the Tracks; Tamon’s B-side; Catch These Hands!; Glitch; The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All; Summertime Rendering
March 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Felt appropriate to read “the green yuri” today. 🍀 @yenpress.com #manga
Photo of the lime green cover of “The Guy She was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All Volume 1”
March 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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The way I absolutely cackled at this page from Glitch Vol. 2. I hope we get all of Shima Shinya’s work in English. Their manga is such a great blend of mystery and dry humor, with a distinct art style.

You can get Glitch and their other series, Lost Lad London, from @yenpress.com #mangarec
A series of manga panels where a police office is checking in on a group of teens after a “suspicious call” and telling them to get home before dark. As he leaves one of the teens calls out “Later, tool of the state.”
March 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Small #libraryhaul #manga reads this last week, it’s been hectic.
Series pictured next to coffee cup: Rainbows After Storms; My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders; My Oh My, Atami-kun; Freaking Romance
March 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Said localization team:
Back page of volume with credits Story and Art by Luka Kobachi Translation: David Evelyn Touch up Art and Lettering: Annalise “Ace” Christman Design: Alice Lewis Editor: Jack Carrillo Concordia
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Rainbows After Storms by Luka Kobachi (from @viz.com) appreciation post. Props the whole localization team as well. Everything reads so smooth and soothing(?), from the story to the lettering. It’s really a feel good read.
A full page manga spread of two girls walking. One surprises the other by squeezing her hand. Adorably detailed as they are keeping the squeeze hidden.
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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ACK! And this gem! @dandq.bsky.social ‘s release of Second Hand Love by Yamada Murasaki
Cover of Second Hand Love being held up in front of a sleeping dog
March 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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My most recent library reads featuring a sleepy Watson. #libraryhaul #mangahaul

Feat: @abramskana.bsky.social @sevenseasentertainment.com @viz.com @square-enix-books.com @yenpress.com and Vertical Comics & Webtoon Unscrolled
A pile of library books next to a sleeping dog. Series picture: Morgana and Oz; I’m the Grim Reaper, Tokyo Revengers; Just Like Mona Lisa; Friday at the Atelier; Honey Lemon Soda; Blood on the Tracks; Eden of Witches; and My Dear Detective
March 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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My library reads of the week! #libraryhaul #mangahaul

Feat: @fantagraphics.bsky.social @mangasplaining.bsky.social @sevenseasentertainment.com @yenpress.com @kodansha.us and One Peace Books!
Series pictured: Search and Destroy; Tales of the Tendo Family; I Want to Be a Wall; The Summer Hikaru Died; Barbarities; Last Game; King in Limbo; Tokyo Revengers
February 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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So…it has been a long time coming…I’d like to introduce you to my new household member: Watson.

(All the rescue knew is that he is a terrier mix, so I cannot answer breed questions lol)
Olive with her new scruffy black and white terrier pup snuggling.
December 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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This coaster
“My housekeeping style is best described as ‘There appears to have been a struggle.”
November 20, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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As an inaugural new post, here’s what I read from my library last week! #libraryhaul #mangahaul
Series pictured: Tokyo Revengers; Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon; BARBARITIES; I Think Our Son is Gay; Run Away with Me, Girl; Last Game; The Apothecary Diaries
November 7, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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It finally came in the mail! I still can’t believe that I actually get to put physical copies of one of my favorite series onto my shelf. ❤️ #redriver #mangarec
November 7, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Really enjoyed reading LivingtheLine’s release of Her Frankenstein during spooky season.

I especially enjoyed the essays in the back giving background on the mangaka, Kawashima Norikazu, and shojo horror. #mangarec
November 7, 2024 at 7:22 PM